Ecuadorian cocaine barons exploit poorly policed banana export routes to traffic dugs to Europe
Drug traffickers’ infiltration of the industry that is responsible for about 30% of the world’s bananas has contributed to unprecedented violence across this once-peaceful nation. Shootings, homicides, kidnappings and extortions have become part of daily life, particularly in the Pacific port city and banana-shipping hub of Guayaquil.
G20 summit host India scrambling to relegate war in Ukraine discussion to periphery
Failing to forge a consensus will also hurt the diplomatic credentials of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is using the presidency to bolster New Delhi’s position as economic powerhouse and a leader of the global south.
Is Uganda’s Only-Bull-in-the-Kraal finally metamorphosing from ‘No-Changist’ to ‘Changist’?
Very early in his reign, the President Museveni made it clear that he had captured political power through the barrel of the gun to stay in power as long as he possibly could when he said, “a mere piece of paper cannot remove me from power”, adding, ” I am a quarter pin of a bicycle. I came in by knocking and can only leave by knocking”.
Burning Man flooding strands thousands at Nevada site, where revellers were stuck in foot-deep mud
The annual gathering in the Black Rock Desert about 177 kilometres north of Reno attracts nearly 80,000 artists, musicians and activists for a mix of wilderness camping and avant-garde performances. Disruptions are part of the event’s recent history: Organisers had to temporarily close entrances to the festival in 2018 due to dust storms, and the event was twice cancelled altogether during the pandemic.
Reality check: Economic experts doubt China’s 60-point plan, call the miracle boom a mirage
The 60-point agenda was meant to fix an obsolete growth model better suited to less developed countries – however, most of those reforms have gone nowhere leaving the economy largely reliant on older policies that have only added to China’s massive debt pile and industrial overcapacity.
Philanthropist Alycia Barnard shares experiences on how Ukraine war opened her eyes to plight of women, children in Africa
To make good her promise for humanitarian support Alycia, through Worldwide Inc, disbursed cucumbers seeds in first week of September to support agriculture in Uganda. “We’re sending 50 packs of [cucumber] seeds to Uganda.” Ordinarily, one packet contains 1,000 seeds – roughly enough to cover two acres of farmland.
Ukraine troops are moving forward, Zelenskiy says, but advance hampered by vast Russian minefields
Ukrainian battlefield momentum has picked up slightly in one part of the southeastern Zaporizhzhia front where Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar said on Friday that Kyiv’s troops had broken through the first line of Russian defences.
Eritrean immigrants clash in Tel Aviv over national day celebrations, 100 injured
About 25,500 Eritrean asylum seekers currently live in Israel, according to Assaf, an organization that aids refugees. Eritreans who fled to Israel over its border with Egypt say they will face persecution if they are repatriated.
How Saudi’s Al Ittihad remains obsessed with prising Mo Salah from Liverpool, Reds not budging
With sources close to Al Ittihad indicating they haven’t given up hope and are prepared to pay up to £200 million ($252 million) to secure the most famous Arab footballer on the planet – and a poster boy for the Saudi Pro League that would rival even Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar – Liverpool’s resolve is set to be further tested prior to the Saudi transfer window closing on September 7
Revealed: US to send depleted-uranium munitions to Ukraine to destroy Russian tanks
The use of depleted uranium munitions has been fiercely debated, with opponents like the International Coalition to Ban Uranium Weapons saying there are dangerous health risks from ingesting or inhaling depleted uranium dust, including cancers and birth defects.
